Gift of kinship, the: structure and practice in maring social organization
Auteur :
LiPuma, Edward
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521106191
Date de publication :
2 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
380 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book, Edward LiPuma presents an ethnography of Maring social organization in order to develop a generative theory of Highland societies that takes account of both social structure and its reproduction in practice. Arguing for the inseparability of the symbolic and the material, norm and action, and structure and practice, the study has three objectives.